Swallowing the starry sky, my clones can evolve infinitely.

Chapter 75: The Battle of Geniuses Ends, and My Poor Fellow Disciples

The fourth level of the Frost God Weapon—what a concept that is!

It is extremely rare for a cosmic-level powerhouse to be able to unleash the fourth level of the Frost God Weapon in any of the major cosmic nations. Only the core members of the five top powers are capable of doing so.

Shen Mu was even more unbelievable to everyone, because he was only at the ninth level of the Hengxing level. Even though his consciousness amplitude was comparable to that of a cosmic-level expert, his mental strength was far lower than that of a cosmic-level expert.

The psychic power intensity of a Hengxing-level being is only 1 to 512 million tons, far lower than that of a cosmic-level powerhouse. Therefore, controlling and using the Frost God Weapon is much more difficult, and the required understanding of the laws to unleash the fourth level is much higher than that required for a cosmic-level being to unleash the fourth level.

……

On the arena, thousands of illusory figures filled the void.

A mighty river burst forth from the void, causing ripples to spread wherever it passed—a result of the highly concentrated spatial fluctuations.

Boom!

The river roared, and countless illusory figures shattered like phantoms. The dense, dazzling sword light, resembling a sword domain, vanished silently under the impact of the river.

Whoosh!

The surging waters filled the entire arena in an instant. No matter how superb Ren Bolan's skills were, he was powerless to continue and was swallowed up by the boundless river.

Thus, the final showdown came to an end.

Shen Musheng!

……

In the central square, all 1008 people who had been granted titles and honors were deeply moved.

"This Shen Mu is truly remarkable."

"Yes, analyzing the essence of the laws and almost perfectly applying one's own understanding of the laws to this level, this is the best I can do."

"Compared to him, Bolan's application of the laws is far inferior. His understanding of the laws from thousands of illusory bodies is so rudimentary in terms of movement and swordsmanship."

Bolan's understanding of the fundamental laws of space is indeed very high, surpassing most realm lords and even not weaker than some immortal gods who have barely broken through.

The understanding of the fundamental laws is the foundation of everything, but it is not the only factor that determines combat power.

Whether it's secret techniques, weapons, combat experience, or the application of laws, all are important factors in determining strength.

Otherwise, even if one's understanding of the laws reaches the required standard, one will not be able to unleash powerful secret techniques or unleash the weapon's full potential.

Compared to Shen Mu, Bolan is far inferior in terms of understanding and applying the laws. Taking the path of analyzing the essence of the laws will inevitably elevate one's application of them to a higher level than a superficial understanding.

However, it's understandable when you think about it. Human energy is always limited, and it's already incredible that Bolan could have such an understanding of the laws at the Eternal Star level.

Even the Nine Swords Venerable sighed slightly, "This little fellow is quite remarkable."

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom has indeed taken on a good disciple. But it's alright, according to the rules of the Virtual Universe Company, as the person in charge of this year's Genius Battle, this little guy named Shen Mu is also under his command.

The final battle has come to an end.

The figure of the Nine Swords Venerable appeared before all the geniuses once again.

"At this point, the candidates for the four secret realms have all been determined: 1st to 3rd place, 4th to 10th place, 11th to 100th place, and 101st to the last place."

"This year's ultimate genius battle has come to an end. Your overall performance is the best in tens of thousands of epochs."

"Among them emerged top geniuses such as Shen Mu, Bo Lan and Luo Feng, which makes our Virtual Universe Company very gratified."

"Of course, the other geniuses have also performed exceptionally well. I believe that in tens or hundreds of epochs, some of you will become renowned powerhouses throughout the universe!"

Nine Swords Venerable's face held his usual gentle smile: "Someone will contact you later to take you to the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company for training. Your path to becoming a powerhouse has only just begun."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Nine Swords Venerable and the other immortals who led the teams left one after another, leaving behind Shen Mu and 1000 other geniuses.

Following closely behind, staff from Virtual Universe Company began to appear, discussing with many geniuses a matter of going to Virtual Universe Company headquarters.

The spacious meeting room on the second floor of Restaurant No. 2 in the Central Plaza.

A staff member named Mana smiled and asked everyone to fill in the accurate planet address so that the Virtual Universe Company could arrange a spaceship to pick them up and take them to the Virtual Universe Company's headquarters.

Shen Mu and Luo Feng registered their address together as the Quiet Manor on the Light Source Star of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire. They will then travel together to the headquarters of the Virtual Universe Company.

Once the virtual universe system had finished collecting data, a final plan was quickly developed. The entire process took approximately three years.

The prize money for the Genius Battle has been distributed. Shen Mu and Luo Feng are both members of the Primal Secret Realm, and their prize money of 1 Mixed Yuan Units has already been deposited into their accounts.

After all matters were resolved, everyone was finally able to disconnect from the virtual universe and return to reality.

……

Virtual universe, Qianwu Continent, Amethyst Island.

This is an incredibly beautiful island, entirely composed of purple crystal, even larger than Black Dragon Mountain Island. This Purple Crystal Island is the office of the Virtual Universe Company's branch in the Qianwu Universe Kingdom.

Palaces made of amethyst are scattered across the island, stretching out in a magnificent and undulating array.

Inside one of the most magnificent palaces, three imposing figures sit atop three towering thrones, each a kilometer wide.

"As expected, His Highness Shen Mu successfully entered the Primordial Secret Realm, but I didn't expect him to surpass Bolan and win the number one spot in the entire universe."

A hairy ape-man deity continued, "Once His Highness Shen Mu advances to the Domain Lord level, he will inevitably choose to be sent to his hometown to take on a supervisory position. Now, tell me, what should we do?"

A man with an eerie demeanor spoke up: "What else can we do? We should try to win him over now. Besides Prince Shen Mu, Luo Feng has also successfully entered the Primal Secret Realm."

"We do need to win them over. Once these two princes are sent back to the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, they will inevitably come into contact with things that are detrimental to us. Winning them over now will definitely be easier than putting out fires later."

The last gentle voice rang out, spoken by another barefoot girl completely veiled in black gauze. Her gaze seemed capable of twisting the surrounding space and time.

The fluffy ape-man nodded slightly and said, "Now let's think about how to win them over. Shen Mu and Luo Feng are close friends. If we show favoritism, it might cause some trouble. Let's prepare two similar gifts."

Ultimately, the three giants of the Virtual Universe Company's Qianwu branch decided that each of them would contribute a little over 30,000 Hunyuan units, totaling 100,000 Hunyuan units, to win over Shen Mu and Luo Feng.

……

On Mars, inside the spaceship.

Shen Mu and Luo Feng's consciousness returned to reality simultaneously.

At this moment, the immortal god Hantian, who was guarding the door, had already entered.

"Your Highness Shen Mu, the King is waiting for you in the Qianwu Space." This time, Han Tian actually bowed slightly to Shen Mu.

"it is good."

Shen Mu nodded slightly, then looked at Luo Feng and said, "Ah Feng, why don't you go home and see your family first? I'm going to pay my respects to my teacher."

At this moment, in the virtual universe, the Qianwu Space.

Inside the magnificent temple belonging exclusively to the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom, a towering figure sat high on the largest divine throne.

On both sides of the main hall, there are also figures of immortal gods with immense divine power.

"My junior brother will be here soon. It's our first meeting, so I should at least bring him a gift, right?"

"That makes sense. Second Brother, how many Chaos Units do you have left? Could you lend me some?"

"I was resurrected after falling in an extraterrestrial battlefield more than forty epochs ago, and I'm currently struggling financially."

The ruler of Qianwu Kingdom has a total of 124 direct disciples, most of whom were taken in when he was at the Immortal Realm.

After advancing to the realm of the Universe Venerable, the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom only accepted a little over twenty personal disciples.

Over trillions of years have passed, and now only 21 of the Qianwu Kingdom's direct disciples are still alive. Each of them is an ancient deity who has traversed the starry sky for billions of years, and even the weakest possesses the strength of a high-ranking king.

Among them, the oldest senior brother, Optimus Prime, is a super immortal who is close to being invincible and has only one step away from comprehending the complete laws of space.

If it weren't for being too poor, lacking the money to improve his genes, cultivate the divine body amplification technique, or possess any powerful treasures, he would have been a being no weaker than the True King.

Hearing the many disciples discussing among themselves, the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom let out a sigh of poverty.

Everyone in my lineage is incredibly unlucky, including my disciples who are all heavily in debt.

"Forget it, your junior brother wouldn't even look at a gift worth tens of thousands of Hunyuan units. I'll prepare it for him when the time comes."

When the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom spoke, the many experts who had been granted the title of king looked at each other and all became obedient.

Just then, at the entrance of the temple, points of light surged and then coalesced into the figure of Shen Mu.

"Disciple Shen Mu greets Master."

Shen Mu also noticed the powerful immortal gods on both sides of the main hall, but he paid his respects to the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom first.

"Alright, alright, child, let me introduce you to your fellow disciples."

"This is your second senior brother, Optimus Prime..."

Introduced by the ruler of Qianwu Kingdom, Shen Mu paid his respects to his senior brothers and sisters.

The eldest among them is the second senior brother, Qingtian King, followed by the eleventh senior sister, Xinglong King... and the youngest is the eighty-third senior brother, Chenhui King.

After paying his respects to all his senior brothers and sisters, the King of Qianwu Kingdom finally got down to business.

"Shen Mu, from now on you will be my 124th personal disciple. You will soon be entering the core layer of the Virtual Universe Company to receive training, so your teacher has prepared two gifts for you."

"The first thing is 100 million points. You'll learn about the points system once you officially join the Virtual Universe Company."

"When you are at the universe level or domain lord level, the channels for obtaining points are very limited. Having these 100 million points will make things much easier for you."

"In addition, there is the battle technique 'Qianwu Secret Manual' created by my master. As my personal disciple, you can learn this secret technique at will."

As a top-tier secret manual that directly leads to the Venerable Realm, the Qianwu Secret Manual, although not as expensive as secret techniques like "Time and Space Notes" and "Black Hole Evolution" which are worth 1000 billion points, is still worth as much as 800 billion points in the complete set in the treasure vault of the Virtual Universe Company.

This includes various combat techniques, movement skills, secret techniques, and a powerful body vibration-based secret technique.

"Thank you, teacher."

Shen Mu respectfully bowed to the King of Qianwu, sincerely grateful for the help he had received from this teacher.

……

After returning to the real world, Shen Mu did not rush to leave the spaceship. Instead, he broke through to the cosmic level again.

After becoming wealthy, Shen Mu and the other three joined the outer circle of the Virtual Universe Company and each purchased a top-tier Domain Lord-level Bloodline Evolution Agent.

Now, having suppressed himself at the ninth level of the Hengxing realm for several years, the suppression has been lifted, and his body has naturally begun to evolve.

The entire evolution process lasted for about half an hour, and both the mental power realm and the physical realm reached the first level of the universe level.

"Humanity itself has finally ascended to the cosmic level."

With a thought, Shen Mu immersed his mind and consciousness in the Azure Dragon clone within his inner world.

"At the current rate of evolution, the Azure Dragon clone will be able to evolve to the Domain Lord level around April next year."

The speed at which a Domain Lord-level expert comprehends laws and secret techniques is more than 10 times that of a Universe-level expert.

This 30-year journey through the Chaos City of the Initial Universe will see him and Luo Feng, both possessing Domain Lord-level avatars, create entirely new miracles.

If Bolan continues to force himself to cultivate across time and space as in the original story, he will be far surpassed by himself and Luo Feng before the end of his 30 years of cultivation.

"Before that, we'll have to trouble Teacher Hantian to get some biological materials from the World Lord-level Zerg Queen."

Shen Mu and Luo Feng will be setting off for the virtual universe this September, so they can't wait until they break through to the Domain Lord level to analyze the secret technique.

Hopefully, this Zerg innate secret technique will greatly enhance one's soul-related talents.

(End of this chapter)